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Should I wait for new 2009 iphone release?

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bigchief

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I'm new to this forum and I have never owned an iphone. My contract has run out with at&t and I'm ready for a new phone. My brother bought a first generation iphone when they first came out and I've been jealous ever since. A friend of mine recently bought a iphone 3g 16gig and I really like playing with it. Ok, here's my question. Should I wait for the 2009 release in June. If there's going to be changes such a bigger memory I'm willing to wait.

Any comments or opinions will be appreciated. Thanks
 
bigchief said:
If there's going to be changes such a bigger memory I'm willing to wait.
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Well the thing is, no one here knows really anything about what will be in a new iPhone in June if anything.

Obviously you WANT an iPhone. And you say "IF" there's going to be changes you will wait.

Sounds to me you need to just wait unless you need one now.
 
eplchamps0304 said:
I dont know im not you.:)
It all depends on how urgent you need it really. I would wait.
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My current phone still works. I guess I was was just wondering if anyone here had an inside track on whats next for the iphone and when.
 
I'd say if you can stick it up for 3-4 months with your old phone, do it.
But that's just my personal take on it.

I know I've been waiting for an iMac refresh for 4 or 5 months now..
Soon, baby!
 
Personally, i would get the iphone 3g now, in fact im getting one tomorrow. It will be my third iphone, i'm a phone junkie, and sometimes i veer away..but the iphone always pulls me back in. I have had the storm, bb curve, and an iphone in the last year. the iphone is superior to all of them.

Get it! ....and if a new one comes out sell your 3g, someone will buy it.
 
First, lay off the bold. We got the picture.

I would without a doubt wait until June or July to buy the iPhone. I currently have an iPhone, but would wait until June/July if I was in your shoes. If not the iPhone, there will be phones coming out in the next 5 months that will blow away anything that is currently on the market.
 
I would wait. My contract with Sprint (blech!) is almost up, and I'd be on the cusp of getting myself an iPhone 3g if it weren't for the fact that people are expecting a product refresh this summer. As much as I want it this moment, I would rather wait a few months than kick myself when the new ones (supposedly) come out.

Besides, the iPhone 3g has its own share of kinks... battery, reception, cracks, etc... I would rather wait and see if the next version addresses any of those concerns.
 
Meh, wait. There's no "real" need to get it right now! If you could wait for about 4 months, then do it.

Unless you're one of those people that doesn't kick themselves for having the latest and greatest.
 
Id say wait...and this is why..

The current iPhone has been around for a little bit, and there is a good chance we will see a new one this summer. What may come with that new iPhone is a plan that isn't a complete ripoff. (Paying extra for texting after already paying extra for data is BS, and ATT makes it expensive) Its fun to get the latest stuff when you can afford it and its even better when you waited a little while.

Im also partial to Verizon and harbor hopes about them picking up a CDMA iPhone.

I really want an iPhone, but it would be for pleasure only. Hard to justify over 1k a year on a phone. It will come down eventually.....
 
I'm not sure if this means anything, but find this article interesting:

Softbank Mobile is offering free iPhones for those signing up from Friday to May 31.

Softbank Mobile is offering free iPhones for those signing up from Friday to May 31.

For certain two-year contracts, an 8-gigabyte iPhone will be reduced from 23,040 yen to 0 yen. Prices for 16-gigabyte iPhones will also be slashed from 34,560 yen to 11,520 yen. Data rates will also be lowered from 5,985 yen to 4,410 yen.

There has been a general trend towards raising handset prices and dropping data rates in the Japanese cell phone market of late, but this latest pricing strategy is likely to make waves in the industry.
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Maybe they are trying to clear inventory by June for the new model.

Who knows?
 
just get the iphone 3g now, if a new one comes out. Sell your 3G and get the new one and put money towards the new one. Simple as that :rolleyes:
 
Besides, the iPhone 3g has its own share of kinks... battery, reception, cracks, etc... I would rather wait and see if the next version addresses any of those concerns.[/QUOTE]

Good reasons to wait.

THANKS! everyone for resopnding to this thread. As long a my current phone holds out I'll wait for an 09 update.
 
If you want the storage, then I would certainly wait. Apple WILL update the iPhone - 100%, there's no reason not to, and they will most likely up the storage in particular, as the technological capability (and price) is now around to lay 2 16Gb chips in one phone.
 
northy014 said:
as the technological capability (and price) is now around to lay 2 16Gb chips in one phone.
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Currently, the iPhone has one memory slot and the iPod touch has two.

That is why the touch has twice the memory of the iPhone. If Apple continues with the current design concept, then the touch memory capacity will continue double of the iPhone's memory capacity.

The pricing of the 32GB flash memory chips will be key as to when we see the upgrade.
 
northy014 said:
If you want the storage, then I would certainly wait. Apple WILL update the iPhone - 100%, there's no reason not to, and they will most likely up the storage in particular, as the technological capability (and price) is now around to lay 2 16Gb chips in one phone.
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They can't fit two 16GB chips in one phone. However, 32GB chips started production in January. So by the summer they could put a single 32GB chip into it.

EDIT: Sushi beat me too it. I guess I need to practice my typing speed.
 
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/intel-micron-start-churning-out-34nm-32gb-nand-flash-chips/
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2008/memy_08_536.jsp
It doesn't mention January, my bad. But it does say first quarter of 2009. When they will have enough to start putting them into iPhones I am not to sure.

And also interesting for the future:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/toshiba-shows-off-32nm-nand-flash-chips-promises-to-go-smaller/

EDIT: One more that mentions the iPhone: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/24/intel.34nm.32gb.chip.ships/
 
trainguy77 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/intel-micron-start-churning-out-34nm-32gb-nand-flash-chips/
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2008/memy_08_536.jsp
It doesn't mention January, my bad. But it does say first quarter of 2009. When they will have enough to start putting them into iPhones I am not to sure.

And also interesting for the future:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/toshiba-shows-off-32nm-nand-flash-chips-promises-to-go-smaller/

EDIT: One more that mentions the iPhone: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/24/intel.34nm.32gb.chip.ships/
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Hey thanks for the links! This will make for some good bedtime reading tonight. ;)
 
trainguy77 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/intel-micron-start-churning-out-34nm-32gb-nand-flash-chips/
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2008/memy_08_536.jsp
It doesn't mention January, my bad. But it does say first quarter of 2009. When they will have enough to start putting them into iPhones I am not to sure.

And also interesting for the future:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/toshiba-shows-off-32nm-nand-flash-chips-promises-to-go-smaller/

EDIT: One more that mentions the iPhone: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/24/intel.34nm.32gb.chip.ships/
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This makes me more confident about waiting for the 09 models to come out.
 
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